BLINN FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM TO OFFER ARSON INVESTIGATION COURSE

  

For the first time, Blinn College’s highly regarded Fire Science Program is offering its Fire and Arson Investigation course on the Brenham campus.

Based on the Bryan campus, Blinn’s Fire Science Program was developed in response to local and national needs for an advanced degree in the field of fire protection, and is partnered with Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), the nation’s most comprehensive firefighter training and emergency services instructional entity. Thanks to that partnership, Blinn fire science students participate in rigorous classroom instruction in fire safety, life safety and program management before students receive 12 weeks of training with TEEX at Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station.

In the Fall semester, Blinn will offer Fire and Arson Investigation from 3:50-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays on the Brenham campus. As part of the course, students can take the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 16-hour disaster responder course.

The Fire Science Program offers different courses on the Brenham campus each semester to ensure that prospective students in Brenham and the surrounding communities have affordable access to top-quality fire science training.

“We want to offer students as many choices as possible,” said Nathan Sivils, program director. “We want to make it as convenient as possible for students throughout our service area to complete our program.”

Students can complete most of their lecture coursework online before participating in the field portions of the program at Brayton Fire Training Field.

For more information on Blinn’s Fire Science Program, visit www.blinn.edu/twe/fire, or call Sivils at 979-691-2436 or C.L. Domel at 979-691-2407.

Story courtesy of: Blinn Communications